Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 50 · 40 questions

What you do (Air pushes back): 1. Draw a T shape on a paper strip and cut it out with safety scissors (an adult helps). 2. Cut the top down the middle and fold the two blades opposite ways. 3. Fold up the bottom and clip a paper clip on it. 4. Drop it from your raised hand and time how long it takes to land.

1. 1.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
2. 2.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it floats up (c) faster (d) it stops in the air
3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a mirror (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
4. 4.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a crumpled paper ball
5. 5.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a glass marble (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
7. 7.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a balloon
12. 12.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the paper clip (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor (d) the drop height
14. 14.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
16. 16.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) safety scissors
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a toy parachute (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
20. 20.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
22. 22.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it turns blue (c) it does not fall (d) it spins the other way
23. 23.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) dissolving (c) magnetism (d) floating
25. 25.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a glass marble (c) a paper helicopter (d) a toy parachute
26. 26.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) gardening shears (c) safety scissors (d) sharp kitchen shears
28. 28.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) the flat sheet (c) a sheet of glass (d) neither of them
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) safety scissors (d) yeast
32. 32.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) the floor pushes it (c) it has no weight (d) air pushes on its blades
34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
36. 36.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a glass marble (c) a steel spoon (d) an open sheet of paper
37. 37.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
39. 39.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a toy parachute (d) an open sheet of paper

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